Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a white scarf. His head has been shaved. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Layabout; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 280 pp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp).

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep yellow leather and dull black iron scale mail. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Heian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He carries a battered club and tarnished lance as well. He has moderate length black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Peren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of a Server, who enjoyed hunting, Peren was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a flattop hair cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a Bather first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. A gifted student he started as a Armorer, but he got bored and became a Bather. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bather for hire.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).